Alex Noren was drawn to play alongside Wyndham Clark and Xander Schauffele at the Baycurrent Classic in Japan this week.
Noren has shown some truly incredible form over the past month or so, with wins coming at the British Masters and the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour.
Amazingly though, he’s still awaiting his first win on the PGA Tour.
The 43-year-old has a chance to change all of that at the Baycurrent Classic this weekend.
Noren’s fine recent form came too late for him to make the Ryder Cup team, but he will definitely have 2027 at Adare Manor in his sights.
2025 has been an incredibly difficult year for the Swede. Noren was kept out of action on the PGA Tour until May after suffering with a hamstring problem.
However, he is now quite obviously back to his very best, both technically and physically.
Alex Noren comments on Wyndham Clark and Xander Schauffele after day two of the Baycurrent Classic
Noren is currently sitting in a tie for second place on eight-under par, four shots adrift of the leader, Max Greyserman.
The 12-time DP World Tour winner played alongside Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark during the first two rounds at Yokohama Country Club.
Schauffele is sitting level with Noren on eight-under par ahead of the weekend, while Clark struggled on his way to rounds of 73 and 70.
Noren spoke to reporters after his round and commented on what it was like to have the two Americans as playing partners in Japan.
He said: “Yeah, I’m happy with the way I played.
“It was nice playing with Wyndham and Xander. They hit it very far off the tee and I tried to keep up with that, but you’ve got to stick to your own game.
“I’m very happy with how I played maybe over the last 27 holes, today was so much easier conditions.“
Alex Noren admits to making a big change during practice sessions
Noren is well known for being one of the hardest working players on the PGA Tour.
However, he has a completely new approach to his practice sessions now, as he explained after his second round at the Baycurrent Classic.
He said: “Yeah, I mean I changed some stuff in how I practice. I kept the same drills in putting, just one drill to try to get on plane.
“And then I stick with my weird drill before playing, before I hit the shots. Just back to very neutral stuff.
“Doing the same things more. Before I kind of bounced all over the place if I hadn’t had a good round. Now I just kind of go back to the range, back to the putting green and do the same stuff.
“It makes me feel a lot better out there.“
Simplifying the game has obviously helped Noren rediscover his best form and the next step for him will be to get that elusive first win on the PGA Tour.
Judging by his recent form, that won’t be too far away.
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